Resilient heel-plate for shoes



H. G. RUBINSON. RESLLIENT HEEL PLATE FOR SHOES.

APPLncAUoN msn `Nov. 1, lama.

1,337,962, Patented Apr. 20, 1920,.

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HUGH G. ROBINSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PEHNSYLVNI..

RESILIENT-HEEL-PLATE FOR SHOES.

Specification of Letters Eatent. Patented Apu 2), 1929 Application filed November 1, 193.9. Serial No. 334,940.

To all 'whom may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH Gr. ROBINSON, a citizen of the United States, 'grmerly residing' at Galdand, Alameda county, California, l). O. Box 368, city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Resilient Heel-Plates for Slices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a detachable resilient wear plate for the heels of boots or shoes.

One object of the present invention is to provide a wear plate composed of such character of material and formed 0i`-such a shape or configuration as to permit of quick, ready, and effective attachment of the same to a worn heel without the necessity of tearing off any of the worn layers of the leather heel.

Another object resides in the provision of a detachable wear plate for the purpose stated, embodying among other characteristics great wear-resisting,r properties and when applied to a heel providing for a cushioning effect.

A still further object of the invention is` to provide a wear plate for the heels of leather boots or shoes which is so formed and constructed as to facilitate the building up and the leveling,l off a worn off portion of the rear under surface of the heel, evening up the entire surface of the heel, without the necessity of tearing` ofi' any of the worn layers of the leather, the wear plate being so constructed that it can be quickly and firmly secured in place and readily removed when worn to be replaced by a new one.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention, consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

ln the drawings: y

Figure l is a rear perspective view of a heel of a boot or shoe, illustrating my improved wear and cushion plate attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the underside of the wear plate.

Fig'. 3 is a yiew similar to Fig. 2 showing in plan view the outer or wearing surface of the wear plate.

Fig. e is a sectional view of the wear plate.

.In carrying my invention into-'practice it will be understood that while the wear plate is shown in the, accompanying drawing as applied to the rear of the heel, that the shape and form of the wear plate is such that it may as well be readily applied to either side or at a point between the sides and the rear of the heel, depending upon which portion of the heel has become worn. lt is wellunderstood that while one wearer may wear ofi" the heel of a shoe directly at the rear of the Referring more particularly to the ac i companying drawings, there is shown for the purpose Lof illustration, a heel 5 which has been worn off directly at the rear of the heel along the line indicated at 6 and to which worn oil' portion 6 there is saown applied my improved wear and cushioning plate 'l'. This wear plate may be composed or a cornpound consisting of fiber or ground fabric or other tough material mixed with rubber to provide a body 8. A suitable coloring ingredient may be added, it' desired. ln this body 8 there is embedded suitable nail holding material 9 which is preferably composed of ground leather and rubber or other tough nail head holding material, and to which a coloring ingredient maybe added. if desired, and which, if added, will preferably be the same in color the coloring ingredient added to the body mixture. rlie reason for the coloring` ingredient is due to Various colored shoes, and if thebody should be out or trimmed down to an edge of the embedded nail holding material, will show the same color as the color of the body o' the wear plate. This composition of material which provides for holding the nails is preferably mixed together in any suitable manner and rolled into a relatively thin sheet, as indicated particularly at 9 in This nail holding sheet'of material 9 is located near the fiat under or weer surface of the wear plate, and this nail holding corni pound sheet of material 9 is of such density as to prevent the nail heads from. working through the plate when the wear plate is" nailed to the leather heel, holding the plate firmly and securely in place.

In constructing the resilient vWear plate of the present invention, the same is formed in a suitable mold which may have such shape as to provide the Wear plate of ashape Whose Wearing surface is flat and Whose inner surface is concave as indicated at 10, tapering down to a thin curved inner. edge l1 and ythis wear plate can be trimmed easily with a knife aroundits outer surface, making it flush with the rear angle or rear surface ot' the shoe heel 5. The body material hereinbefore referred to is first placed into the mold, the nail holding material 9 in soft sheet form is placed in the mold on the body material at a predetermined time in carrying` out the process of formation of the Wear plate and more body material is then fed into the mold onto the nail holding sheet or material 9, and all the materials are then vulcanized together to the desired resiliency What is claimed is:

1. A resilient repair plate for boot or shoe heels composed of a body of rubber and fiber mixed together', and a sheet of nail-holding material composed ot ground leather and rubber embedded therein adjacent to and approximately coextensive with the tread I'face therein to retain the heads of the attaching nails.

2. resilient repair plate for boots or shoes composed ot' a body of fiber and rubber mixed together, and a sheet of nail-holding material composed olf ground leather and' rubber embedded therein adjacent to the tread face of the entire periphery of the plate, and all vulcanized together, ,the nailholding material being of such density as to prevent the nail heads from working through the same.

3. An resilient repair plate for boot or shoe heels composed of a body of rubber and ber mixed together, and apiece of tougher nailholding material composed of iibrous material and rubber vulcanized together and embedded in the plate ladjacent to and approximately coextensive with the tread face therein to.retain the heads of the attaching nails.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HUGH G. RGBINSON Witnesses f J AMES L. lnAwroRD, RICHARD K. STEVENS. 

